We looked at the use of custom post types and custom forms for capturing and displaying the data needed for WordPress sites. However, many startup sites don't have the budget or time to develop a custom solution specific for their sites. So, developers will have to use existing solutions and build the features on top of them. In such cases, WordPress form plugins become the ideal solution. There are some popular form plugins developed to cater a specific area, such as contact forms. We can also find forms plugins such as Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms developed to cater any purpose. Let's understand the features expected from a quality forms plugin:
- Drag and drop builder: This is the feature that accelerates the development of custom forms with existing plugins. Instead of writing own HTML for each field, we should be able to drag and drop existing custom fields and build fully working custom forms in minutes.
- Ajax-based form submission: This is a very important...